Women's Diseases - Diagnosis and Treatment

I have been offered a choice of treatments. How can I choose?

Every decision we make in our adult lives involves balancing the potential benefits against the risks. This is true when we decide the job we plan to do, choose a partner in life, how many children we wish to have and when to have them. Only you can determine how much your symptom is troubling you. If the symptom is minimal, you may elect to seek reassurance that there is no worrying cause and leave it at that. Active treatment is only required if your symptoms trouble you significantly or if the underlying disease necessitates it. If treatment is required, you have to weigh up the risks and benefits of each treatment option and choose which seems best for you.

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Q 4. 1 Which doctor should I see?
Q 4. 2 What are symptoms and signs?
Q 4. 3 How can we be certain whether an abnormality that my doctor has found is the cause of my problem or an incidental finding?
Q 4. 4 How do doctors arrive at a diagnosis?
Q 4. 5 What does a gynaecologist do during a consultation?
Q 4. 6 What is the purpose of the pelvic examination?
Q 4. 7 Will a blood test to assess a hormone level provide a guide to treatment.
Q 4. 8 I have a phobia about blood tests. What should I do?
Q 4. 9 What is pelvic ultrasound?
Q 4. 10 What are CAT and MRI scans?
Q 4. 11 Will my general practitioner receive information from my specialist gynaecologist?
Q 4. 12 Will I see the same specialist every time I attend the out-patients clinic?
Q 4. 13 What is known about emotion. Information?
Q 4. 14 Could my emotional problems be of hormonal origin?
Q 4. 15 Does my doctor understand my anxieties and concerns about my gynaecological problem?
Q 4. 16 How much information do patients want about their condition?
Q 4. 17 Will the doctor listen to my views on how my problems should be managed?
Q 4. 18 How do doctors decide on the best treatment?
Q 4. 19 How do doctors decide on the best hormone treatment?
Q 4. 20 How long will my hormone treatment be effective?
Q 4. 21 What are the risks of surgery?
Q 4. 22 How long do gynaecological operations take?
Q 4. 23 Have there been advances in gynaecological surgical treatment?
Q 4. 24 I have been offered a choice of treatments. How can I decide which will be best for me?
Q 4. 25 What is the place of support groups?
Q 4. 26 Where can I obtain more information?
Q 4. 27 Are there any dangers in acquiring health information on the internet?
Q 4. 28 Support Groups.

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This is the personal website of David A Viniker MD FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Whipps Cross University Hospital, London.

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